Ashland Louisiana Map

About Ashland, Louisiana

Ashland is a locality in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. Ashland is located at 29.5297°N, 90.6756°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 71002.

Ashland lies in the low-slung, humid embrace of Terrebonne Parish, a place where the land itself seems to breathe with the gentle swell of bayous and the distant sigh of the Gulf. It lies 5.3 miles south-south-east of Houma, LA (from Houma, LA: bearing 150°T), and is situated 7.9 miles south-east of Bayou Cane. Cypress knees, gnarled and ancient, break the surface of brackish water that mirrors the bruised lavender of the twilight sky, a palette that deepens as the sun dips below the horizon, painting the air with a thick, golden haze. Live oaks, draped in Spanish moss like spectral beards, stand sentinel along the infrequent stretches of firm ground, their branches reaching out in a slow, deliberate gesture. The air here carries the persistent, earthy perfume of damp soil and decaying vegetation, a scent that clings to everything, a constant reminder of the life and death cycles that play out in this fertile, water-logged landscape. The history of Ashland is inextricably tied to the rich alluvial soils deposited by the mighty Mississippi, soils that have long dictated the rhythm of life and labor. For generations, sugarcane has been king, its emerald stalks a defining feature of the fields that stretch towards the horizon, a testament to the enduring strength of agricultural tradition in this corner of Louisiana. The local economy, while feeling the broader shifts of the modern world, still hums with the practicalities of cultivation and the quiet industry of its inhabitants, a resilience born of adapting to the capricious nature of the coastal environment. It’s a place where the past is not so much buried as it is woven into the very fabric of the present, where the legacy of those who worked this land under the relentless sun is carried in the slow, deliberate pace of Ashland's days.

About This Ashland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ashland, Louisiana — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 29.52966, -90.675645. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Ashland and Terrebonne Parish.

Detailed location data for Ashland includes the ZIP code (71366), telephone area code (985, 318), county seat of Terrebonne Parish, and school district assignment (Natchitoches Parish School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Ashland is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.